September 15th-17th Festival of International Virtual & Augmented Reality Stories @ House of VR, 639 Queen St. W. FIVARS, Canada’s first and original VR/AR showcase, showcases a new wave of filmmakers and content producers who push the boundaries of virtual reality cinematography. Open 10-7 pm daily. $40 + HST tickets available online (for 40 minutes of viewing material).

September 15th-17th National Adoption Weekend @ PetSmart. Find unconditional love and inspire others to adopt during National Adoption Weekend. With the help of animal welfare agencies across the province, local PetSmart stores will have a number of adoptable pets looking for forever homes and families to love.

Thanks to pet lovers just like you, we’ve helped save over 7 million pets through adoption. Join us to keep the momentum going during PetSmart Charities National Adoption Weekend at your local PetSmart store September 15-17, 2017. Find unconditional love and inspire others to adopt their best friend

September 16th-17th Roncesvalles Polish Festival @ Roncesvalles Ave. Cześć! Now entering its 13th year, the Roncesvalles Polish Festival adds an old world charm to today’s Roncesvalles Village. Enjoy local and international music, vendors, and of course, lots of traditional Polish fare.

WEDNESDAY

6:30 pm Harvest Wednesdays @ The Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St. W. A harvest table dinner featuring the duo behind Well Preserved, chefs Dana Harrison and Joel MacCharles, and guest winery Rosewood. Together with the Gladstone’s Chef de Cuisine, Rudy Boquila, and Sous Chef, Anne Novo, the chefs and local food advocates will be incorporating seasonal produce picked just the day before from Chick-a-biddy Acres C.S.A. and other Ontario producer partners. $70 tickets available online.

7 pm Music Bingo @ The Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St. W. A FREE weekly event combining the love of music with the traditional bingo format. Each player receives a Music Bingo card which consists of an assortment of songs. Instead of calling out numbers, they play the music! Singing along encouraged.

7 pm Drake AV Programme Launch + Video Art Party @ The Drake Underground, 1150 Queen St. W. Now at the end of their four-month summer residency, seven emerging video artists known as the Drake AV (DAV) are launching their original video art works in the Drake Underground before being broadcast on Drake TVs everywhere! Meet and greet with the artists, see some incredible works, sip on $5 brews, and get ready for a video art dance party with the artists and DJ New Chance. PWYC.

8 pm Drake Trivia @ The Drake Hotel, 1150 Queen St. W. Teams of four or less put their random knowledge to the test as hosts Megan Griffith-Greene and Jeromy Lloyd fire off questions ranging from sporting records and celebrity scandals to geographic discoveries and culinary lingo. $2 to participate and the winning table gets an $80 Drake gift card (plus bragging rights)! Click here to reserve with OpenTable, or show up early to ensure a spot for your team.

THURSDAY

8 pm Toronto Loves Grace Jones @ The Boat, 158 Augusta Ave. A night paying tribute to fashion, film, and music icon Grace Jones with live art and live music. With DJ Holly Dodson from Parallels + a performance by Denise Deion and visual art by Frizz Kid, Ashante Blackwood, and Ford-Medina. Guests are encouraged to dress up in their favourite Grace Jones- inspired outlandish outfits. $10.

10 pm Get Lo @ Clinton’s, 693 Bloor St. W. Bangs & Blush bring you the ULTIMATE ’90s til now dance party, GET LO! They’ll be playing all the shit you wanna hear from the ’90s to today.

10 pm Girl & Boy 90s Dance Party @ Clinton’s, 693 Bloor St. W. A pulsating dance party rocking the retro sounds of the 1990s! All your favourite dance, pop, hip-hop, R&B, and so on and so on and so on. $5 with student ID, $10 without.

10 pm Bangers & Mash @ The Rec Room, 255 Bremner Blvd. An open format dance party with no limits and no boundaries. Diggy the DJ spins party anthems old and new.

11 pm That Way @ The Drake Underground, 1150 Queen St. W. Come That Way. Go That Way. Dance That Way. Be That Way. With selectors Tribe and Charlton. $10.

SATURDAY

4 pm Dudebox Presents: Dear Summer, An Outdoor Daytime Kiss Goodbye @ Hotel Waverly, 484 Spadina Ave. How is Mercury still in retrograde? How is it cool to be fall-chic in September? How is the Hotel Waverley being smashed to dust? Dudebox presents: A solemn vow, a silent smile, an outdoor, daytime kiss goodbye…to this BULLSHIT SUMMER. Sounds by Spinelli, Abscvnd, Mike Roc, Jon Chetty, James Redi, Jayemkayem, and Nino Brown; food provided by Mr Fitz Jerk. Free before 7 pm with RSVP (subject to capacity), otherwise it costs money.

10 pm Romeo + Juliet 90s Dance Party @ Sneaky Dee’s, 431 College St. Sneaky Dee’s takes you back to Verona Beach for some ’90s jams! There’s forbidden love in the air and the only way to make it happen is to dance. 4 AM LAST CALL. $5 advance tickets available online.

10 pm Oblique Strategies @ Lucky Shrike, 850 Dundas St. W. Is there something missing? Give way to your worst impulse. Into the impossible. Babe Decibel and Missing Man play new wave, post-punk, and modern oddities.

10 pm It’s All Good @ The Piston, 937 Bloor St. W. DJs General Eclectic and Splattermonkey play the best music videos from the ’90s for you to dance your butts off too! The best all killer and no filler selections from 1990 to 1999, so expect to hear stuff like Wu-Tang, Pixies, Nirvana, Fatboy Slim, Daft Punk, etc. Nostalgic moments guaranteed, because It’s All Good, baby! $10.

10 pm Party & Bull$hit @ Parts & Labour, 1566 Queen St. W. Two floors of all your favourite rap bangers with Family Business DJs FBomb and Ry-Fi. $5.

10 pm All Soul’d Out @ The Ossington, 61 Ossington Ave. DJ Big Jimmy Mills on two turntables spinning old school hip-hop, party jams, dancehall, reggae, and RnB.

10 pm Retro ‘Guilty’ Pleasures Video Dance Party @ Remix Lounge, 1305 Dundas St. W. An unabashed night of huge retro hits and one hit wonders of the ’80s and ’90s with DJ Lazarus. The best of the worst; the ear worms that haunt you day and night. This month’s spotlight is Madonna. $10.

10 pm Get It Together @ The Boat, 158 Augusta Ave. Kensington Market’s open format dance party welcoming all genres, all styles, and all people. Selections by Mikey McFly. $5.

10 pm Chronologic @ The Garrison, 1197 Dundas St. W. A dance party through the ages. Pop and antipop from since the end of history (i.e. music from 1890 to 2018, played in chronological order). $5 before 11:30 pm, $10 after.

10:30 pm Back In The Day @ Revival, 783 College St. A tribute to ’90s old school hip-hop, R&B, dance, house, reggae, and pop with DJ Starting From Scratch. Email info@themarqueemedia.com for bottle service inquiries and guest list.

10 am Detox to Retox @ Left Field Brewery, 36 Wagstaff Dr. Led by a certified yoga instructor and followed by a tasting of beers, this two-hour session (one hour of yoga, one hour of beer) will be the perfect way to trick yourself into thinking you’re working out really hard. $30 advance tickets available online.

10 am The Trinity Bellwoods Flea @ The Great Hall (lower level), 1087 Queen St. W. Join the Trinity Bellwoods Flea for a day of local vendors and artisans, sweet treats, and delicious eats. Featuring the best handmade, locally crafted goods, beauty, home decor, art, and vintage. Four-legged friends welcome! Until 5 pm.